Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Martyrdom and Apotheosis


Forty Canvas put together were necessary to realise this dramatic trompe-l'oeil. Venetian artist Giovanni Antonio Fumiani (1645-1710) spent twenty years of his life painting this masterpiece depicting The Martyrdom and Apotheosis, on the ceiling of San Pantalon (Dorsoduro).

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